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Miles

Smith

#28

Running Back

Height:
5'10"

Weight:
215

Year:
Junior

Hometown:
Alpharetta, Ga.

High School:
Alpharetta

Major:
Government

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Bio

SOPHOMORE (2016)All-Ivy League honorable mention at running back ... third in the Ivy League in rushing yards per game (64.5) and 10th in all-purpose yards per game (79.0) ... led the team in rushing in seven of the eight games in which he played ... saw action in the 22-21 win over 22nd-ranked New Hampshire, but did not touch the ball ... exploded for 71 yards on just eight carries at Holy Cross, including a 35-yard touchdown sprint for his first collegiate points in the 35-10 romp ... needed just five rush attempts in his first career start to amass 93 yards on the ground against Penn with each of his first two carries going a season-long 41 yards ... posted 44 rushing yards and 15 receiving yards on four catches at Yale ... sat out the Towson and Columbia games with an injury ... returned to amass 44 yards on the ground with a three-yard TD run and 25 more yards on three receptions versus Harvard ... first career 100-yard game came at Cornell as he took the ball 25 times to produced a season-high 119 yards ... had a one-yard dive into the end zone in the fourth quarter, and later had a key 19-yard pickup on 3rd-and-10 to set up another touchdown as the Big Green rallied for a 17-13 victory ... topped 100 again the next week against Brown with 17 rushes for 111 yards ... led the team in rushing and collected a season-high 52 receiving yards on four catches at Princeton with a 32-yard gain to set up a TD on the very next play.

FRESHMAN (2015)Put his talents on display in the junior varsity games, rushing for 14 yards on five carries in a 35-3 win over Middlebury and 57 yards on six carries with a 17-yard touchdown in the 42-0 blanking of Williams ... made varsity debut during the 34-7 victory at Central Connecticut State.

HIGH SCHOOLSecond-team all-region 6A player as a senior ... honorable mention as a junior ... ran for 700 yards and 15 touchdowns as a senior ... added 19 receptions for 220 yards out of the backfield ... picked up 131 yards in just 10 carries against Centennial HS ... helped team to region championship with a 10-2 record as a senior ... team also won region in his sophomore year ... also wrestled in high school.

PERSONALGovernment major ... full name is Miles Fitzgerald Smith ... born on Aug. 7, 1996 ... son of John and Tonya Smith has one sister ... cousin Greg Lester caught 93 passes with 13 touchdowns at Georgia Tech from 1987-91 and cousin Brad Lester was a running back at Auburn from 2004-2008 who got a look from the Houston Texans and then played in the Canadian Football League ... enjoys camping, hiking and hunting ... has piloted a Cessna 172.